Cobo, a digital asset custody and wallet provider, has announced that it will support The Open Network (TON). This integration brings Cobo’s comprehensive custody solutions to the TON blockchain, including custodial wallets and multiparty computation wallet tech. Through the collaboration, Cobo will integrate TON’s native Toncoin (TON) token, Notcoin (NOT) and stablecoins such as Tether….

Galaxy Digital’s head of asset management believes spot Ether exchange-traded funds will be approved in “weeks” rather than days but agrees the decision will come sometime in July. “Look, we’ve done this before. This is methodical, this is window dressing, the SEC is engaged,” said Steve Kurz in an interview with Bloomberg TV on July 2. Galaxy Digital…

The crypto markets could be set for a “relief rally” after a market rollercoaster in June, with some analysts suggesting selling pressure on exchanges has tapered off. “Looking at July’s outlook, there is major reason to be optimistic after so much small trader capitulation,” crypto intelligence platform Santiment posted to X on July 2. It added negative…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is looking to speed up transactions on the Ethereum network by using tools that would potentially cut layer-1 (L1) confirmations from a few seconds to milliseconds. Buterin published a blog post on June 30 titled “Epochs and slots all the way down: ways to give Ethereum users faster transaction confirmation times.” In the article, he…

The Aptos Foundation has introduced a governance proposal that could broaden its blockchain capabilities. According to a July 1 temperature check proposal, the foundation wants the Aave community’s input on introducing Aave Protocol v3 onto the Aptos mainnet. If the proposal moves forward and is approved, the deployment would mark the first time Aave’s open-source liquidity protocol…

Keith Gill, a stock trader known for the 2021 GameStop short-squeeze, is facing securities fraud claims in a class-action lawsuit over a recent spate of social media posts that saw the price of GameStop (GME) stocks whipsaw violently between May and June. However a former federal prosecutor believes the lawsuit is likely “doomed” to fail….

A recent flood of celebrity, political, and animal-themed memecoins, along with a crypto market downturn, may have contributed to a 44% fall in the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in Q2, according Apollo Crypto’s investment chief. Data from CryptoSlam shows NFT sales fell from $4.14 billion in Q1 to $2.32 billion in Q2 as part of a…

Meme coins are often seen as jokes, destined to just fade away. But what if they are crucial to crypto? Traditional finance laughs, but meme coin investors might be pioneering new financial strategies. Success stories abound — $1,000 in Dogecoin (DOGE) turning into $2 million, Shiba Inu transforming tiny investments into life-changing sums. Are these investors…

Ethereum’s outspoken co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, recently expressed his frustration over the current state of cryptocurrency regulation and offered up a surefire solution to the problem. Responding to a user on Warpcast, a social media platform built on the Farcaster protocol, Buterin described a situation where current regulatory efforts have essentially painted good-faith cryptocurrency developers into…

The launch of United States-based spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which many expected to occur as early as July 2, has been delayed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, the SEC has taken additional time to return the S-1 forms submitted by prospective…